- Date
- May 25, 1984, 14:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place
- Stewart Island, WA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4180FCessna 172
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840525043729A
- Case key
- 39921
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt landed to the west on a wet grass strip with 1/4 inch of standing water. He said he had no traction & the acft slid off the end between 2 trees, damaging both wings. He also said the wind was 090 deg at 5 KTS gusting 15 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4180F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 46080
- Airframe hours
- 5,700
- Engine
- Continental O-300-A, 145 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David Erickson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- 74S · Anacortes, WA
- Airport
- Stuart West, runway 27, 1,700 × ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 340 total · 340 in this make and model · 295 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 45 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.